by AppleInsider | Sep 18, 2020 | App Store, China, Donald Trump, Google Play, TikTok, WeChat
The U.S. Commerce Department is moving to ban downloads of TikTok and WeChat within the United States from this Sunday (via Reuters). The U.S. Commerce Department plans to issue an order today that will "deplatform" WeChat and TikTok by banning people in the United... by AppleInsider | Aug 24, 2020 | WeChat
A group of WeChat users has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in an effort to block an executive order that would ban the app in the United States, according to The Wall Street Journal. Earlier this month, President Trump signed two executive orders... by AppleInsider | Aug 13, 2020 | WeChat
As a ban on WeChat and other apps originating in China looms, companies who do business in China and iPhone users in the country are concerned about how the ban could impact device sales and daily device usage. It's still unclear whether the ban applies to the WeChat... by Eric Slivka | Aug 10, 2020 | iPhone 12, Ming-Chi Kuo, WeChat
In a worst-case scenario, Apple's annual iPhone shipments in China could decline by 25–30% if it is forced to remove WeChat from its App Stores around the world, according to a new research note from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo viewed by MacRumors. The removal could occur... by AppleInsider | Aug 7, 2020 | TikTok, WeChat
President Donald Trump has signed two executive orders that would officially ban any U.S. transactions with the Chinese companies that own TikTok and WeChat, in an escalation of the ongoing technological cold war between the two countries. The executive orders would... by AppleInsider | Aug 6, 2020 | alibaba.com, China, China Mobile, China Telecom, Huawei, TikTok, WeChat
The U.S. government is stepping up efforts against Chinese technology companies as it prepares to purge App Stores of "untrusted" Chinese apps, reports Reuters. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. "Clean Network" program would focus on five areas and include... 